The Ethiopian Human Rights Council Friday urged the government to act against perpetrators of ethnically-motivated attacks allegedly by the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) – Shene group.
The suggestion came after the OLF– Shene troops allegedly burned down 50 ethnic Amhara people to death in Weligalti locality in ‘Wama’ Sipusure district in Wellega Zone of Oromia State.
The Ethiopian Human Rights Council continues to demand the government to take action against Oromo Liberation Front Shane gunmen who continue to carry out ethnically based attacks against Amharas.
In a statement it released on Thursday, EHRC said that it has received reports of these attacks, earlier this week apparently, on innocent civilians in Horo Guduru zone of Oromo region where at least five civilians were killed in a marketplace.
Two of the victims are women.
According to EHRC, OLF Shene was behind the attack.
Neither the regional administration nor the federal government condemned the targeted massacre against ethnic Amhara civilians, it has been reported.
The atrocities comes weeks after the Ethiopian government halted the march on Tigray.
The latest OLF operation was not just in Wollega, where there had been a massacre of mostly ethnic Amhara farming communities, but also in Shoa, central Ethiopia, reports say.
Activists and political parties have been accused of not being vocal in condemning the recent attacks.
The international community has put pressure on the Ethiopian government to end the conflict, which has been raging since November 2020.
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